About HS Series
Yamaha's monitor speakers
Yamaha Pro Audio's history of aspiration and innovation goes back to 1969. Since the sale of Yamaha's first pro audio products, the VA120 and VA180 vocal amp systems, Yamaha has repeatedly aspired and innovated to create a wide-ranging lineup for applications including broadcast studios and commercial spaces, such as mixing consoles, power amplifiers, speakers, processors, and immersive sound solutions, each with the aim of becoming the new standard in their respective market.
Monitor speakers are one of the product areas that must be mentioned when speaking of Yamaha Pro Audio's fifty-year history. The "NS-10M STUDIO" which went on sale in 1977 was a studio monitor speaker loved by numerous engineers, and earned a role in studios around the world. In 1998 came the "MSP5" powered monitor speaker which focused on providing the painstakingly faithful playback of the original sound that is demanded from nearfield monitors. Subsequently, the MSP/MSP STUDIO series that appeared during the period 2000 through 2008 benefited from a full measure of the know-how and technology that Yamaha has accumulated in the field of pro studio monitor design, going on sale as a flagship model that boasted a stunning degree of perfection.
Design principles maintained and perfected
As its studio monitor design principles, Yamaha has always insisted on complete fidelity to the original sound and the ability to reproduce the subtle changes of tone and position in the mix, and these principles are exemplified in the HS series that appeared in 2005 with its bright white cones. As high-bit and high-sampling-rate continue as trends in the field of music production, leading to an increasing need for high-quality nearfield monitors, these speakers deliver the high-quality sound and accuracy that are ideal for the studio environment. In 2013, fusing the know-how and cutting-edge analysis technology that we have developed through many years of studio monitor design, and carefully rethinking every element, we announced the next-generation HS series which adds yet more polish to the accuracy of these speakers.
Continuing into the future
From the NS10M series which became the de facto standard of commercial nearfield monitors to the MSP series and then the HS series, Yamaha has consistently insisted on "accuracy" as the design principle for its studio monitors. Aware that the sound of the HS series will be a new set of eyes (monitors) for engineers, we have applied a special level of thought and intention to their completion. Ultimately faithful to the original sound, and able to rigorously reproduce subtle changes of sound and position in the mix, the HS series of studio monitors actualizes these design principles on which Yamaha has always insisted. Going forward into the future, Yamaha will always continue to aspire and innovate.
